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J. GUSSONS.

CALENDAR.

Patented May 8, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

JOHN GUSSONS, OF GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA.

CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,411, dated May 8, 1883.

Application filed February 1.1883. (No modeLl To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN GUssoNs, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Glen Allen, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement on the calendar for which Letters Patent No. 258,897 were issued to me on the 6th day or" June, 1882, and has for its object to provide the stifi back or card,'with means whereby it can be made to stand upon a table or desk as well as be suspended or hung up, this pr'ovision being made without in any way increasing the cost of producing the calendar.

In my patent alluded to the days of the week and month are indicated by means of three circular dials, one bearing the days of the week which are exposed through a slot in the stiff back or card, and the other two bearing numerals for showing the day of the month through circular openings in the back or card, the dials being secured in, place by means of eyelets, the top one of which serves to suspend the calendar from a pin or equivalent device. The eyelets pass through the end portions of a narrow strip of paper or other material, whereby the said dials are retained in proper place on a plane parallel to the rear side of the back or card. I utilize this strip to support the calendar on a table or desk, which is accomplished by simply extending the strip below the lower eyelet and-slitting it around the same, so that a free end or foot piece is provided at the lower end of the strip, which can be turned back to form a brace or prop, whereby the stiff back or card can be sustained in an inclined position on a table or desk.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 represents a perspective view, looking at the rear side of the stiff back or card,.the brace or prop being in position to support the same in a standing position; Fig. 2, a face view of the calendar; Fig. 3, a longitudinal central sectional view taken on the line 00 w of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a

detached view of the combined dial-confining strip and calendar-supporting brace or prop.

The calendar here illustrated is constructed in the manner described and shown in my patent before alluded to--tbat is, of a stiff back, 1, of card-board or other suitable material, to the rear side of which are secured three dials through the medium of eyelets, the upper dial bearing the days of the week, which are exposed through a straight slot in the stiff back, while the two overlapping lower dials bear numerals for indicating the days of the month through two circular openings in the said back. The eyelets 2 2, which secure the two larger dials, also attach in place the longitudinal narrow strip 3, of paper, cardboard, or like material. This strip is provided with a slit, 4, within the lower portion of its body, such slit being, as here shown, in the form of the letter U-that is, the parallel portions of the slit terminate at or near a point midway the length of the stifi back, and are continued at a point beneath the lower eyelet in a semicircle, this construction providing a tongue, 5, in the body of the strip, through the lower end of which passes the eyelet that secures in place the lower dial. The remaining lower portion of the strip is entirely unattached to the stiff back, and comprises the solid portion or foot 6, joined to the body of the strip at or near a point midway its length by the parallel strap-like portions 7 7, the junction of the latter with the body of the strip serving as a joint on which the said portions 7 can beturned to adjust the foot 6 rearward from the stifl' back, thus bringing the foot into such position as to sustain the calendar in an inclined position, as represented in Fig. 1, whereby it can be caused to stand upon a desk or table when desired.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the calendar can be used either in a suspended or a standing position, which renders it very desirable, and, further, it will be observed that a calendar possessing the peculiar characteristics present in my patent referred to is provided I conditions required. Instead of the described slit being in the form of the letter U, as shown, it can be rectilinear in shape and accomplish the object sought; but I prefer the former construction as being more uniform or neat in appearance.

Thecombined dial-confining strip and calendar-sustaining brace or prop will usually be made of paper sufficiently stifi' to accomplish the object sought, thin card-board being found to answer every purpose required; but I do not confine myself to any particular material, either in the stiff back or strip, nor to the attachment of the latter in place, any suitable fastening means being used so long as the lower end of the tongue 5 and the upper end of the strip are permanently attached, leaving the remaining lower portion of the strip free to be moved or turned away from the rear side of the stiff back to form the calendar-sustaining brace or prop.

I am well aware that a calendar has heretofore been provided with a suspension-loop and also with a brace. or prop by which it can be made to stand in an inclined position, and therefore I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming such features.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is-.

1. The combination, with a calendar having a stiff back of card-board or other material, of a strip arranged longitudinally at the rear side thereof and slotted to form a tongue within its body, and a free foot-piece which is joined to thebody of the strip by strap-like portions, the upper end of the strip and its said tongue bein g connected with the stiff back, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a calendar composed of astifl' back carrying dials which indicate the days of the week and month through openings, the combined dial-confining strip, and calendansustaining brace or prop having its body portion slitt'ed to form a tongue, 5, between its edges, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN CUSSONS.

Witnesses:

A. O. HARRINGTON, SETH GAYLE. 

